TARINGA

Regimental number16/1199
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, Mateaenga, Atiu, Areora, Cook Islands
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Maori Contingent, Rarotongans, Attached A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on board Navua on 5 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 15 August 1916
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 9), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Mr Mateaenga, Atiu, Areora, Cook Islands, South Pacific
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 25, p. 3